Hat-fastener.



l. GONZALEZ.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATLQN FILED, luLvzs, 1913.

LMQQQQO Batented May 25, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PMOTO-LITHO.v WASHINGTON, D Q

JULIAN GONZALEZ, OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915.

Application filed July 25, 1913. Serial No. 781,164.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JULIAN GONZALEZ, a citizen of Argentina, residing at No. 343 Bme. Mitre street, Buenos Aires, Argentina, have invented a new and useful Hat-Fastoner; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to an improved device for fastening the hats of women, in substitution of the common hatpin.

The main purpose of this device is, besides fastening the hat to the head as in the case of a common hatpin, to avoid the serious danger inherent to the points of the latter which often project beyond the hat in several directions, not much to the pleasure of the persons who happen to pass by the wearer of said hat.

For the better understanding of the invention, the device has been represented in the annexed drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is the main part of the device, in front view. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same part. Fig. 3 is a front view of the supplementary pin. Fig. 42 is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a front view of both parts combined. Fig. 6 is a side view of the same. Fig. 7 is a horizontal view of a hat showing the new device applied thereto.

By inspecting said drawings, it will be seen that the device consists of two pins, pivotally connected together as indicated in Fig. 5, of steel wire or any other convenient material, of a diameter of from one to three millimeters, in accordance to the resistance which the device is desired to be given; the length of the two pins may of course also vary according to the dimensions and shape of the hat, and the straight parts of the respective pins are approximately equal. The larger pin, or supplementary pin, comprises a straight connecting part 12 and an arcuate part 13 subtending an angle of about 120, the parts 12 and 13 lying in the same plane. The straight part 11 is provided with an eye lt in which is engaged an eye of the straight, smaller or main pin 12, said eyes forming a pivotal connection and lying approximately in the generating center of the arcuate part 13 and in the axis of the main pin 12. The straight part 12 and the straight pin 11 are shown of approximately equal length. As shown in the drawings, the point of the larger pin a, a, Figs. 1 and 5, may be a simple point or may have the shape of a lancet point.

Though not shown in the drawings, it will be evident that any suitable or desired ornamental design will be applied to the joint of the two pins in order to substitute the head of the common hat pin.

In order to fasten the hat in position, the smaller pin 11 is first affixed or inserted at one side of the hat, at its outer part, the pin being inserted in the direction in which the hat is to be affixed; thereupon, the sector shaped or arched pin is introduced in a suitable direction and so that the same will pass through the hair which will thereby be fastened to the hat by the arched part of the device.

It is needless to say that in order to conveniently fasten the hat in position, two or more of these devices may be used, the same as is the case with the hat pins actually used.

As has already been stated before and shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the point of the arched part of the device may be a simple point or have the shape of a lancet, the purpose of the latter being to prevent the pin from being entirely drawn out of the hat, every time the same is taken from the head and avoid its insertion when the hat is used again. Two advantages are thus obtained, first, a more commodious use of the device which thus remains always aflixed to the hat, and second, the hat is not impaired by the numerous holes formed by the common hat pins which render the hat unsightly and often cause the destruction of delicate fabrics thereon.

I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hat fastener, the combination of a straight main pin; and a supplementary pin consisting of a connecting part having a pivotal connection with one end of the main pin, and an arcuate part joining the con necting part and having said pivotal connection as its generating center and in the axis of the main pin.

2. In a hat fastener, the combination of a straight main pin; and a supplementary pin consisting of a connecting part having a pivotal connection with one end of the main pin, and an arcuate part joining the connecting part and having said pivotal connection as its generating center and in the axis of the mainpin, the radius ofthe arcuate part being approximately equal to the length of said main pin.

3. In a hat fastener, th'e'combination of' a straight pin having an eye at one end; and a supplementary pin having a straight part having an eye loosely engaging in said first named eye, and an areuate part having said eyes for its center and having one end 10 pointed and joining said straight part at the Copies of this patent may be obtained for other, said straight part and said straight pin being approximately equal in length.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JULIAN GONZALEZ Witnesses:

CARLOS OLIVER, J. H. AINSWORTH.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, .D. G. 

